Jimmy Crow

Foster, Edith FrancisProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

2.5

Word count: 22K words
Chapters: 3

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Jimmy Crow by Edith Francis FosterAuthor: Foster, Edith Francis,Language: English, Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres, Release Date: Dec 28, 2007

Editor's review

Jimmy Crow is a children's book by Edith Francis Foster in the category of young adult literature, released as an ebook by Project Gutenberg in December 2007. As a public-domain ebook, it preserves the narrative style of early children's stories and serves as a small sample for understanding classic children's literature. Notably, Project Gutenberg's background information reminds us that this work benefited from the free ebook movement, which allowed early children's reading to circulate widely. The content is in English, with a length and subject suitable for beginning English readers encountering original texts. Lacking detailed illustrations and chapter descriptions, it is better read as a literary archive than as a contemporary best-selling children's book. For readers studying early children's literature or hoping to share English originals with children, this book offers a lightweight option. The free electronic access also lowers the threshold for trying it and suits browsing in spare moments. Overall, this is a small book of documentary value, with a reading context leaning toward English initiation and exploration of literary-historical interest.

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Beginning English readers hoping to encounter classic English children's stories
Enthusiasts studying early children's literature or public-domain book resources
Parents seeking free English originals for shared parent-child reading
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Readers expecting richly illustrated, highly interactive contemporary children's books
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Reading tips

Browse the overall structure first, then choose shorter chapters for a first trial reading.
Use paper notes to record new words and build common expressions from children's literature.
For shared parent-child reading, parents can read through first, then read aloud with the child in roles.
Treat it as a lightweight entry into reading English originals; there is no need to finish it in one sitting.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

FAQ

What age of child is this book suitable for?

The information does not specify a target age, but the book belongs to young adult literature. The English original poses some difficulty for non-native children, so it is recommended for children with basic English reading ability to try with a parent, or to use as shared parent-child reading material.

Why does the publication information show Project Gutenberg?

Project Gutenberg is an early provider of free ebooks, and this book is one of the public-domain ebooks it has released. The publication year 2019 is the platform's record information; the work itself is a public-domain resource, freely available to access and read.

What if I have trouble reading the English original?

You can read chapter by chapter with a dictionary tool, or lower the difficulty through shared parent-child reading and reading aloud in roles. Since the book's length and subject belong to children's literature, sentence structures are relatively simple, making it suitable as step-by-step introductory material for reading English originals.

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Foster, Edith Francis Author

Edith Francis Foster is an author about whom little biographical information is available; her name appears only in early twentieth-century anthologies and children's books. According to the records held here, the only work surviving under her name is Jimmy Crow, a title written for young readers and concerned with an animal story. Its language is presumably plain and easy to follow, suited to younger children. Because public information is limited, her nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and the full scope of her writing cannot be established, and no systematic record of her appears in scholarly or bibliographical sources. Nevertheless, the fact that her work was included in anthologies and children's readers of the period suggests that her writing entered the popular reading channels of the early twentieth century, offering a small sample for the study of children's literature and anthology compilation of that era. Her identity and writing career remain to be further investigated.